Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] PCI:?==?utf-8?q? rockchip: limit RK3399 to 2.5 GT/s to prevent damage

[Dragan Simic]

Heello Manivannan and Geraldo,

On Thursday, December 18, 2025 09:05 CET, Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani at kernel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 06:47:05PM -0300, Geraldo Nascimento wrote:
> > Shawn Lin from Rockchip has reiterated that there may be danger in using
> > their PCIe with 5.0 GT/s speeds. Warn the user if they make a DT change
> > from the default and drive at 2.5 GT/s only, even if the DT
> > max-link-speed property is invalid or inexistent.
> > 
> > This change is corroborated by RK3399 official datasheet [1], which
> > says maximum link speed for this platform is 2.5 GT/s.
> > 
> > [1] https://opensource.rock-chips.com/images/d/d7/Rockchip_RK3399_Datasheet_V2.1-20200323.pdf
> > 
> > Fixes: 956cd99b35a8 ("PCI: rockchip: Separate common code from RC driver")
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ffd05070-9879-4468-94e3-b88968b4c21b@rock-chips.com/
> > Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> > Reported-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic at manjaro.org>
> > Reported-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin at rock-chips.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic at manjaro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Geraldo Nascimento <geraldogabriel at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c | 10 ++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
> > index 0f88da378805..992ccf4b139e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c
> > @@ -66,8 +66,14 @@ int rockchip_pcie_parse_dt(struct rockchip_pcie *rockchip)
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	rockchip->link_gen = of_pci_get_max_link_speed(node);
> > -	if (rockchip->link_gen < 0 || rockchip->link_gen > 2)
> > -		rockchip->link_gen = 2;
> > +	if (rockchip->link_gen < 0 || rockchip->link_gen > 2) {
> > +		rockchip->link_gen = 1;
> > +		dev_warn(dev, "invalid max-link-speed, set to 2.5 GT/s\n");
> > +	}
> > +	else if (rockchip->link_gen == 2) {
> > +		rockchip->link_gen = 1;
> > +		dev_warn(dev, "5.0 GT/s is dangerous, set to 2.5 GT/s\n");
> 
> What does 'danger' really mean here? Link instability or something else?
> Error messages should be precise and not fearmongering.

I agree that the original wording is a bit suboptimal, and I'd suggest
to Geraldo that the produced warning message is changed to

  "5.0 GT/s may cause data corruption, limited to to 2.5 GT/s\n"

or something similar, to better reflect the actual underlying issue.